Elevated Performance Academy (EPA) is the training arm of Elevate Northwest, a youth baseball and fastpitch academy in the greater Seattle area. Founded in 2022, EPA develops athletes through customized instruction, coaching, and mentorship, with one belief at the center: build a stronger person first and a stronger player second.
Though the word Elevate has obvious connections to the sport of baseball, it was chosen because of its powerful representation of the program’s goals for its community, culture, and the spirit of every young person who calls Elevate home. We believe that to create a powerful and resilient baseball player, we first must develop a powerful and resilient person. That, first and foremost, should be the goal of every Elevate coach and instructor.
EPA was founded in 2022 through thoughtful discussions among its founders Bill Hsu, Wade Perkins, and Curt Nelson. Their shared vision of a full-service training academy is one that would bring change to how athletes are trained, physically and mentally, and create a lasting impact on the baseball community.
By bringing unique sets of skills and experiences, from technical baseball training and large community and team activity management to business management and entrepreneurship, our founders are realizing their shared vision of training more skilled and mentally prepared athletes through EPA. By placing the stewardship of our player development mission in the capable hands of Wade Perkins, Ray Atkinson, and Curt Nelson, we are able to draw on their combined resources from past local baseball training programs such as Elevate Training and Atkinson Baseball Academy to build the leading training academy in the Pacific Northwest.
Our mission is to provide a strong partnership with players, parents, and coaches in order to redefine how we support our athletes through customized instruction, impactful coaching, and meaningful mentorship. Our focus will always remain on how to use baseball and softball as our vehicle to teach, learn, experience, and apply the many lessons that will challenge and serve our athletes long after their playing days are over.
EPA is the training side. It's where athletes work with certified instructors on lessons, group training, and camps. Elevate Northwest is the club, the banner our travel and development teams compete under. Athletes train with EPA and compete with Elevate Northwest.
EPA was founded in 2022 by Bill Hsu, Wade Perkins, and Curt Nelson. It brought together prior local training programs, including Elevate Training and Atkinson Baseball Academy, under one academy.
Yes. EPA develops both baseball and fastpitch softball players through customized instruction, coaching, and mentorship across hitting, pitching, defense, catching, and velocity.
